The 2014 Honda City (First Look: Page 12)

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Originally Posted by AshBabu
Jesrani for low beam 65 watts is fine. But I think stock light for high ...

Jesrani for low beam 65 watts is fine. But I think stock light for high beam is also 65 watts, so replacing it directly with 100 watts might be an issue. Honda city owners and experts can comment

The accessory shop owner said relays were not required. He too has a Honda City and using the same bulbs. Also he had changed the bulbs in my SX4 with relays as according to him it was required for that car. So I have trusted him and hope this is right.

We have booked Petrol V Silver Model and will get the delivery on 26th Nov. Any suggestions for the same?

Nitesh, welcome to TAI, and hope you have a please stay here.

Regarding the the alloys, no I did not change I was in the double mind as I did not want to go away from Honda alloys as that would make my car look aftermarket. I know the stock alloys are not that great from Honda and so called premium sedan. Congratulations on your iVtec. Recently I saw a very nice genuine Honda alloys mounted on mobilio, from dealer at Mangalore. They did not have pricing for that. But that was one cool alloy. Check with your dealer.

I had given my car for the third and final service and it has cost me approximate 10,000/-

As one of guy in traffic has scratched whole left hand side of my car and ran away. The servicing guy did a very good job in polishing it and without painting they have removed all the scratches. There were several other small scratches all around the body due to dust particles trees etc. Service guys were able to remove more than 95% of them as well as they were old and i was not optimistic about those scratches but a fair job done.

I asked them for the interior cleaning and polishing as well; oil and oil filter also being changed.

Now -ve after service. My driving side door handle is loose and it shaky. I am planing to give it to service guy but afraid as for this small work they may open all the fitting of the door. Anyone has faced this? Please let me know it will help me to decide weather to go for it or not as i can live with that.

That idler belt noise is audible with music system and AC off after driving 100 odd KM. I am not sure if this is because of temperature increase of Engine. Any suggestion will be helpful.

Yesterday, I checked city at a dealer in Pune. I asked the SE about low placed air intake of engine, He said it's true and almost 10 cars have reported with the water aspiration problem.
But new cars are going to come with raised level of the airintake.

I am new to this forum and this happens to be my very first post. We had recently purchased a Honda City SMT IVTEC and was not satisfied with the car for reasons already discussed in this forum. However most of the issues were resolved at the service centre after shooting a mail to Honda. Here is what i had written to Honda:

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Dear Honda

It was my family's dream to own a Honda City since its introduction years before. We got lucky to own an SMT IVTEC in September 2014. But soon we realised that our expectations with the H badge were just expectations after shedding close to nine lakh rupees. There is lack of quality and refinement in every corner of the car.

After riding close to 2500Km, here are my issues:

1. Vibrations in gear while driving
2. Difficulty in shifting from 3rd gear to 2nd at times
3. Difficulty in slotting to reverse at times
4. Rubber beading goes off from left rear door every now and then and makes it difficult to close.
5. A distinct clatter/ grrrr noise from the otherwise silent IVTEC engine when light accelerator is applied
6. Head lamps inadequate
7. Front door pads move when power window switches are turned on and off.
8. Below average plastic quality for dashboard. Makes rattling noise too esp. on the right side.
9. Front side fenders felt loose and not properly fitted near the front mudguard.
10. Uneven and wafer thin body panels with minor dents, right from the time of delivery.
11. Light play in hand brake lever
12. Noticable play in gear lever
13. Uneven Panel gaps inside out.
14. Rain water condensing in headlamps
15. Bonnet latch has light play making the bonnet loose even after closing.

and few other negligible concerns.

I now feel embarrassed when my friends and colleagues bash about the quality of the 2014 City. I know that i will immediately receive a call from Honda stating that some of the issues can be fixed with my visit to the service centre; however i want to make it clear to you guys about what people are expecting from a brand like Honda, and what you are delivering in reality. I had a glance at the Mobilo in the showroom and is no exception. Those wafer thin window glasses speaks enough about cost cutting. With all due respect, i am telling you, this shouldnt be your way forward with your product quality and QC when you are running behind sales volume.

I got the headlamps and door beadings changed, body panels (bonnet, boot, front left door) aligned properly and couple of other issues sorted out to my satisfaction. What still irritates me is the grinding noise (usually when the engine heats up after driving a few Kilometers) and the vibrations in gear lever.

I had given my car for the third and final service and it has cost me approximate 10,000/-

As one of guy in traffic has scratched whole left hand side of my car and ran away. The servicing guy did a very good job in polishing it and without painting they have removed all the scratches. There were several other small scratches all around the body due to dust particles trees etc. Service guys were able to remove more than 95% of them as well as they were old and i was not optimistic about those scratches but a fair job done.

I asked them for the interior cleaning and polishing as well; oil and oil filter also being changed.

Now -ve after service. My driving side door handle is loose and it shaky. I am planing to give it to service guy but afraid as for this small work they may open all the fitting of the door. Anyone has faced this? Please let me know it will help me to decide weather to go for it or not as i can live with that.

That idler belt noise is audible with music system and AC off after driving 100 odd KM. I am not sure if this is because of temperature increase of Engine. Any suggestion will be helpful.

Others let me know your view as well on these issues.

Thanks,
Amit

Good to hear, most of the scratches are removed by the dealership work. BTW I feel service cost is way higher, can you post the copy of bill so that we can take a note.

Hi,
I had given my car for the third and final service and it has cost me approximate 10,000/-
Thanks,
Amit

Why the 3rd service bill went so high to 10,000/-? As per the earlier posts in this thread, it is in the range of Rs 3K to 4K. My 3rd service bill is also around 3.8K

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Originally Posted by Tornado

Yesterday, I checked city at a dealer in Pune. I asked the SE about low placed air intake of engine, He said it's true and almost 10 cars have reported with the water aspiration problem.
But new cars are going to come with raised level of the airintake.

I checked with my service manager, He shown the air intake of i-Dtec engine in my city. It's placed, just next to the bonnet open clip. Air intake is taken from the top side. Not from the ground side. My City manufactured in July 2014. I will take the pictures and post it later.

Yesterday, I checked city at a dealer in Pune. I asked the SE about low placed air intake of engine, He said it's true and almost 10 cars have reported with the water aspiration problem.
But new cars are going to come with raised level of the airintake.

It's very encouraging to know Honda acted upon feedback from prospective owners. But the issue is how Honda, going to compensate for the fellows who faced issues. Honda not even ready to bear the cost of service. BTW mine is July Batch.

The confusion doesn't seem to end for me. Sold our beloved Figo few days back and I have been looking for replacement since last 30 days.

Want a car that is more premium and safer then it. Ford Fiesta was on mind, but more then anything else, the thing making it to be rejected is the low resale. Apart from that it's a fantastic car.

The next best option is the City. I do know that it has some niggles, build quality is light.
It suit's our needs very well. Have been seeing it for sometime now.
V MT was in my mind, but I think SV is more VFM as the things I miss are
1. Alloy wheels
2. Fog lamps
3. Bigger screen audio
4. Chrome door handles
5. Electric folding mirrors

1, 2 can be fitted later while 3 isn't that important, same for 4 & 5.

So I'll save roughly around 50k by choosing SV over V. But the real advantage lies for SV is the lower tax bracket compared to V. SV is 9.78 lakhs, V costs 10.36 lakhs (Both Ex-Showroom). The On Road price comes to around 11.6 lakhs, 12.7 lakhs for SV & V respectively.
I'll save 1 lakh if I dont buy the required accessories and 50k if I buy them.

Apart from these if anyone finds significant difference between these 2 versions, please let me know.

@nishant - you were looking at the i20 right ? Or this is a second car ?

Anyways , you yourself know the features you wrote are just worth 50k but becausw of the taxes you have to pay double the amount.

I think you should go for the sv , i would.

1. Alloys - you can always decide later if you want these or not.
2. Can be easily installed right ? (I don't know about the new city but in the old they didn't give even an option to install , no space given)
3. Not the most tempting feature.
4. Should cost less than 2000 rupees.
5. I'll see this as a positive , less chances of these getting stolen.
6. Reverse camera. Which you forgot. Does sv have parking sensors (normal beep)
So i think you should choose sv.

Ya, I am looking at i20 as well. Although both of them are from different segments. Boot will not be a major factor, but performance, efficiency, comfort are main priorities. Both these cars tick the criteria's. So yes, I am open to both these cars. In case of City I prefer SV compared to V. City SV is around 2 lakhs costlier then i20 Asta.

The confusion doesn't seem to end for me. Sold our beloved Figo few days back and I have been looking for replacement since last 30 days.

Want a car that is more premium and safer then it. Ford Fiesta was on mind, but more then anything else, the thing making it to be rejected is the low resale. Apart from that it's a fantastic car.

The next best option is the City. I do know that it has some niggles, build quality is light.
It suit's our needs very well. Have been seeing it for sometime now.
V MT was in my mind, but I think SV is more VFM as the things I miss are
1. Alloy wheels
2. Fog lamps
3. Bigger screen audio
4. Chrome door handles
5. Electric folding mirrors

1, 2 can be fitted later while 3 isn't that important, same for 4 & 5.

So I'll save roughly around 50k by choosing SV over V. But the real advantage lies for SV is the lower tax bracket compared to V. SV is 9.78 lakhs, V costs 10.36 lakhs (Both Ex-Showroom). The On Road price comes to around 11.6 lakhs, 12.7 lakhs for SV & V respectively.
I'll save 1 lakh if I dont buy the required accessories and 50k if I buy them.

Apart from these if anyone finds significant difference between these 2 versions, please let me know.

I too had same confusion When choosing CITY but I choose SVMT over VMT the things mentioned by you are major differences
1.More stylish alloy can be fitted later.
2.Fog lamps are surely a miss, after markets also cause warranty issues.
3.Bigger Screen is not a great miss as it doesn't has touch and navigation, reverse came can be compensated with parking sensor which cost around 4k, one more you miss will be the tweeters.
4.Can be fitted aftermarket(Honda charges 2500/Handle).
5.This also a very big miss.